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CriticCrunch has 4 Terry Southern titles in its catalog, ranked by quality percentile. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
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After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.
Dir. Stanley Kubrick · With Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden

Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth.
Dir. Dennis Hopper · With Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
Dir. Norman Jewison · With Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann-Margret

In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.
Dir. Roger Vadim · With Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg